Why I Practice: A Love Letter to the Path

Through all the years…
The classes, the trainings, the beautiful and souls I’ve met--
The meaningful connections, the deep friendships, the sacred hellos and tender goodbyes--
The studios with their quiet corners, the wild and wide landscapes, the laughter that echoed, the tears that softened…
Something essential has never changed:
The commitment to practice.
No matter where life has taken me, this path—this steady rhythm of returning to the mat, to breath, to presence—has remained my anchor.
It’s not always easy. Life brings contrast: joy and sorrow, clarity and confusion, stillness and storms.
But the practice teaches me how to stay.
How to meet each moment with grace.
How to cultivate peace—not just as a feeling, but as a way of being.
Through practice, peace becomes embodied.
It begins to live in the breath, in the heartbeat, in the way we listen, move, and serve.
And that’s at the core of my message, always:
Serve all. Love all. Do Good, Be Good.
We practice peace within so that it naturally radiates outward. We trust, even when we don’t understand. We remember that things are unfolding—perfectly—in their own mysterious way.
This is why I practice.
To stay connected.
To live in alignment with love.
To walk through this world awake, steady, and openhearted.
May your practice hold you, as mine has held me.
May peace live in you—and flow through you.
With love,
Kumari

Circa. 2009